Another Day in Norway where our Trusty Traveller finds Tromsø, Trolls and Totally misses Aurora....

Tromsø - the most northern city on the planet...  Its quite a pretty little town with lots of wood fronted shops, but of course like everywhere like this, it is just one big tourist hive and every shop is selling 'indigenous' gifts- didthe Sami make aurora themed mugs and fridge magnets? 

Nearest I'll get a polar bear (i hope)

Although I have to say I did like the big stuffed polar bear and black bear and I am presuming that these are either not real (unlikely) or culled as they sometimes have to be.    But most of the stuff is just northern lights  tat or Troll tat.   

Peer Gynt.. famous worldover

To be fair the best bit of Tromsø for me was the Troll Museum!  We went to the art gallery which was quite interesting (see instagram account) but not astounding, but I always like to look at the local art.  We had a mooch around town in the snow and then we went to find the Trolls. 

This museum was absolutely crazy daft...  it was totally dedicated to Trolls and the fairy tales and legends told about them which are very important to Norwegian Culture.  It was extremly well presented with a lot of interactive opportunities. 

this is apparently a Dr Fred Troll😂

The stories were well told in Norwegian and English - and of course there was every concievable Troll possible.  

Trolls come and all shapes and sizes and can live for a very long time, sometimes hundreds of years,  sometimes even so long that moss grows upon them and sometimes they even forget how old they actually are!!! 

This Troll was very sad because he couldn't rememmber how old he was.... so i sat on his knee🤣🤣

They're not all unpleasant creatures but you really wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of a Troll and some of them are nasty - but most of them are just mischievous and can be dealt with.

 Boy Trolls.... I'll stick with Dr Fred.

Some useful ways to deal with a Troll is lead it into sunlight and it'll turn into stone that's why a lot of the mountains are here (obviiusly) and also if you can find out a Trolls real name and to use it with him that will also turn to stone.  Useful tips hey?

Girl Trolls... more dangerous than they look...

On a more serious note a lot of the guests and the two on-board astronomers did manage to spot some very faint aurora last night... and the KPI index is good so if the weather clears unlikely tonight - but forecast good for tomorrow we hopefully might get some more Aurora.  Of course I was running around the ship trying to find warm clothes and drink wine so I didn't actually spot it by the time I was organized it was over🥴🤔next time I hope🙂  

I will have pictures of Aurora but they will be on separate post... hopefully when I'VE actually seen it 🤣